That is a basis on which I find it perfectly practicable to work in conjunction with a dislike to unreasoned change and a profound reverence for everything ancient, provided that reverence is deserved.
Morley discusses the balance between a reverence for the past and the need for reasoned change in his political philosophy.
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This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
I don't myself believe in artful diplomacy; I have no gift for it.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
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